Karen Armstrong

Features

Pathways to Creation: Exploring Sacred Music in Fes, Morocco

By Derek Beres

PopMatters goes to Morocco for the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music to honor and share the world’s great spiritual music traditions. At this 14th annual festival, Derek Beres would hear the indigenous sounds of Vietnam, Tunisia, Norway, Pakistan, Belgium, America, and much more. [21 July 2008]

Reviews

The Case for God by Karen Armstrong

By Ben Hamilton

Promoted as a rebuttal to modern atheist thinkers, notably Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris, this doesn't feel like a cynical cash-in on a recent publishing phenomenon. [27 August 2009]

The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones

By Carlin Romano

What's precious about this book is its unapologetic reimagining of a marriage that may outrage some, but inspired millions more. [27 October 2008]